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A. J. MERCER. FARM GATE,

No. 420.460. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. MERCER, OF ETOBIOOKE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,460, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed July 8, 1889.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR JAMES MER- OER, farmer, of the township ofEtobicoke, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Farm-Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to construct a farm-gate so that it maybe readily opened by a person on the seat of a vehicle; and it consists,essentially, in the peculiar arrangement of levers and chains connectedto a gate pivoted so as to swing vertically when tilted on its pivot,substantially as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved gate as it will appearwhen closed. Fig. 2 is a view of it when open.

In the drawings, Arepr esents the gate, having a trunnion B fixed to itslower inner corner. This trunnion Bis journaled in bearings O, fixed tothe posts D. Braces E extend from the trunnion B to the gate A, so as toform vertical and horizontal stays. The levers F are pivoted on the topof the posts D, and each-of them is connected to an arm G, which ispivoted to the post I-I. Each of the arms G is connected, as indicated,to a chain 1, fastened at one end a to the gate A and at the other endto the rod J, which forms the latch, as indicated. A spring K isprovided for the purpose of holding the latch closed when not acted uponby the chains I. Near the top of the inner upright of the gate A, Iconnect a chain L, which I carry downwardly to the pulley M, near thebottom of the post H, and thence upwardly to a pulley N, near its top,and at the end of this chain I fix a weight 0. p

In order to open the gateA, it is merely necessary to pull down theouter end of one of the levers F, which action draws upon the chain I,causing it first to pull out the latch formed by the rod J and then,owing to the connection of chain I to the gate A at a, the said gate iscaused to tilt up and assume the position indicated in Fig. 2, theweight 0 on the end of the chain L assisting in the said operation.

In order to close the gate, the operation described is repeated, theonly difference being that the rod J is not drawn upon.

Serial No. 316,761. (No model.)

Owing to the counterbalance-weight O, the gate A, when thrown over toclose, will fall gently down into the position desired.

In order to enable the gate to be opened at some distance from it, Iprovide a hand-lever P and place it at a suit-able distance from thegate. The end of this hand-lever P is connected to a lever R by a cordQ, as indicated. The latter lever is suitably pivoted at apointconvenient to the gate, and its opposite arm is likewise connected tothe lever P, as shown. The lever R is also connected to one of thelevers F, so that by the movement of the hand-leverP the lever F may beoperated for the purpose of opening or closing the gate, as described.

WVith theview of facilitating the closing of the gate I provide a chain1), connected as indicated, so as to get a good purchase on the gatewhen it is in the position shown in Fig. 2. WVhen the gate is as itappears in Fig. 1, this chain 1) is loose, as shown, and does not actuntil the gate is to be closed.

IVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a gate, the combination of thegate proper, the trunnion on said gate, the posts having the bearingsfor said trunnion, the lee vers pivoted in said posts, the arms havingtheir outer ends pivoted to a suitable support and their inner endsconnected to the inner ends of the levers, the chains connected to theinner ends of the arms and to the gate, and the weighted chain havingits inner end connected to the gate and its outer end traveling on thesupport for the arms, substantially as described.

2. In a gate, the combination of the gate proper, the trunnion on saidgate, the posts having the bearings for said trunnion, the leverspivoted in the posts, the arms having their inner ends connected to thelevers, the posts to which the outer ends of said arms are pivoted, thechains connected to the inner ends of said armsand the gate, the latchconnected to and operated by said chains, the

chain having its inner end connected to the gate and having a weight onthe outer end, and guide-pulleys on the post for guiding said outer endof the weighted chain, substantially as described.

3. In a gate, the combination, with the gate having a horizontal pivotor bearing at the rear lower corner thereof, the chains, and the armsand to the gate,the guide-pulleys on said arms, of the levers connectedto said arms, post, and the chain guided by said pulleys, the cordconnected to one of said levers, and having its inner end connected tothe gate the hand-lever and intermediate lever conand having a Weight atthe outer free end, 15 5 nected to said cord, substantially asdescribed. substantially as described.

4. In a gate, the combination of the gate Toronto, May 13, 1889.

having a horizontal pivot or hearing at its rear ARTHUR l MERCER lowercorner, the levers and arms connect-ed together at their inner ends, theposts to which In presence of 10 the outer ends of said arms arepivoted, the CHAS. II. RICHES, chains connected to the inner ends of theJ. EDW. MAYBEE.

